Lean management is a practical approach to improve productivity at enterprise level. Integrating lean principles into DX can be a highly effective way of achieving radical simplification of processes, allowing companies to identify and apply the most effective levers for the digital journey. This approach not only improves operational efficiency of SMEs but also ensures […]
The APO Productivity Outlook 2022 and numerous other studies reported that COVID-19 had impacted manufacturing productivity negatively. Manufacturers need to leverage digital technologies to streamline business operations, enhance process efficiency, and improve product quality and customer satisfaction. Although the pandemic accelerated the adoption of technologies, SMEs still face challenges in effective use of data and […]
The Development of Productivity Specialists Program focuses on capacity building for individuals who undertake and lead productivity improvement initiatives at the organizational level. Since its inception three decades ago, it has produced practitioners and specialists, with NPO professionals as the main beneficiaries. The program has also been used to develop more specific expertise including Green […]
According to the UN FAO (2023), agricultural mechanization is needed to make agrifood systems more sustainable from economic and social aspects, such as labor productivity, poverty reduction, food security, and health and well-being. Machinery is indispensable for modern farming. As human labor has moved from agriculture to other sectors, agricultural workers have been replaced with […]
The global workforce will undergo significant transformations driven by technological advances, demographic shifts, climate change, and changing economic paradigms. The APO’s Embracing New Ways of Work Report 2021 highlighted the need to renew teaching methodologies and curricula, develop competencies among teachers and education managers, upgrade educational infrastructure, and enhance lifelong learning to empower the workforce, […]
